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Ray Bradbury has given a disappointing speech in which he claims that
his inspirational novel Fahrenheit 451 has nothing to do with censorship
-- as has long been held. Bradbury says that the book was intended as a
jeremiad against television.

"Disappointing" is in the eye of the BoingBoing
writer, of
course, and (following the linked
article), it turns out that it wasn't a speech,
but an interview. Further fun fact from the article: Bradbury walked out
of a UCLA class where the kids were insisting that 451
was about censorship.
There's a further link where you can
view Quicktime
video(!)
of Bradbury explaining it all.

Disappointing? Only to those who are disappointed when a fondly
held worldview is challenged. Mr. Bradbury coming up on 87;
he's reached a point where he should be able to say pretty much anything he
wants without people carping about it.

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